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policy officials, th the goal is to sed reinforcement on our allies and make it clear -- lou: here is the deal weaker deal, we have 35,000 troops along the dmz. with 35,000 troops on that dmz, the u.s. is proved to be, we're damn foolies to leave the troops there. i find it inexcusable. what do you think? >> they have been the trip wire. lou: i don't neat 35,000 people -- need 35,000 people being -- >> the only way you can deal with this guy is a show of strong, i wish that show of strong would be some ora or othr allies. lou: here is what you don't like. we're under no obligation that i can so as americans, just because we're the one super power. we're under no obligation, what so ever to exposure pilots, and our troops to risk. we have done so for past 20 years. in case of north korea, why not instead of this, send a icbm . >> are yo you arguing that south korea is no longer a -- lou: i am arguing i do not need to see another american casualty because we have an allie in south korea. if north korea deserves a military response give them a military strong. >> from the united states?
policy officials, th the goal is to sed reinforcement on our allies and make it clear -- lou: here is the deal weaker deal, we have 35,000 troops along the dmz. with 35,000 troops on that dmz, the u.s. is proved to be, we're damn foolies to leave the troops there. i find it inexcusable. what do you think? >> they have been the trip wire. lou: i don't neat 35,000 people -- need 35,000 people being -- >> the only way you can deal with this guy is a show of strong, i wish that show of...
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remember, melissa, my view north korea has a basic foreign policy of brinkmanship and blackmail. they push things to the edge hoping to get concessions from china, from south korea, and from the united states and unfortunately they have in the past. so there is this moral hazard where governments have rewarded bad north korean behavior. this is the latest. they have promised them to make seoul a sea of fire, to nuke new york and washington, et cetera, et cetera. melissa: right. >> this is just the latest thing. now at the basic level you have to be concerned that they may have the ability to build more nuclear weapons but there are other things afoot i'm acally more worried about. melissa: like what? >> for instance, north korea may have a uranium based program. in fact we know they have a uranium-based program for building nuclear weapons. the pruitt tone yum plant can build one nuclear weapon a year but a rue rain yum program can produce a lot more than that also north korea is developing a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile which will increase survivability and mobility
remember, melissa, my view north korea has a basic foreign policy of brinkmanship and blackmail. they push things to the edge hoping to get concessions from china, from south korea, and from the united states and unfortunately they have in the past. so there is this moral hazard where governments have rewarded bad north korean behavior. this is the latest. they have promised them to make seoul a sea of fire, to nuke new york and washington, et cetera, et cetera. melissa: right. >> this is...
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now to foreign policy, how about that? the shameful $250 million handed to egypt's muslim brotherhood beating up the christian minority, the tax hikes that would revitalize the economy and pay for social investments. thank helps they are not on the front burner. i could go on because the list of abandoned or failing policies is long. let's get straight to the bottom line. conservatives should rejoice. the window of opportunity for president obama to impose his collective mission on america is closing fast. in today's markets, a lot can happen in a second. with fidelity's guaranteed one-second trade execution, we route your order to up to 75 market centers to look for the best possible price -- maybe even better than you expected. it's all part of our goal to execute your trade in one second. i'm derrick chan of fidelity investments. our one-second trade execution is one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades when you open an account. >> you know, it's not much of a market de
now to foreign policy, how about that? the shameful $250 million handed to egypt's muslim brotherhood beating up the christian minority, the tax hikes that would revitalize the economy and pay for social investments. thank helps they are not on the front burner. i could go on because the list of abandoned or failing policies is long. let's get straight to the bottom line. conservatives should rejoice. the window of opportunity for president obama to impose his collective mission on america is...
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energy production could change our countries dependence on the middle east and our foreign policy. connell: a geopolitical strategist at barclays is with us now. i saw you nodding your head. >> it is a huge boom. between 2013-2014, the u.s. will produce around 1.4 million barrels a day of new oil production. what does that mean for our dependence and the middle east? i still do not believe we will be able to walk away from the mid east. dagen: we have not seen any move down and washington that would suggest they are coming easier about our relation with the middle east. >> they talk about the l and g trade. what about potentially break russia's monopoly? they are not talking about walking away from the middle east. dagen: is also unrealistic? could the policies be different? if so, what? >> it is a globally traded product. if we had a supply disruption, even if we are less dependent, we will still have the price of facts. i do not think we will get away being able to protect sea lanes right now. if we move more towards asia, will we have to scale back in some respect from the middl
energy production could change our countries dependence on the middle east and our foreign policy. connell: a geopolitical strategist at barclays is with us now. i saw you nodding your head. >> it is a huge boom. between 2013-2014, the u.s. will produce around 1.4 million barrels a day of new oil production. what does that mean for our dependence and the middle east? i still do not believe we will be able to walk away from the mid east. dagen: we have not seen any move down and washington...
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policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our government, and so many ways to fail. in essence, this book is sort of a primer for a president and how does he or she should think about organizing its foreign policy initiatives and what the role of the white house is versus the state department and the defense department. we're fortunate that elliot will be here. he is going to talk for about a half an hour, and then we'll have, hopefully, a robust question and answer period. and at about 7:30 we'll convene in the atrium for cocktails, and i will mentio
policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our...
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>> you have a great number of things, stories about the economy, stories of the foreign policy, etc.. what prompted me to write this though is the benghazi attack. it became clear that the political news media rather than focusing on a story of foreign policy failure and a president that promised the muslim world and was failing to produce eight it significantly destroyed al qaeda yet we see the terrorists acting up again. instead of that story will talk about the net from the gap and immediately he probably didn't handle the situation well with his press conference he called it the wrong time and said the wrong things but there was an actual real policy story about the guy that runs the entire foreign policy apparatus in the united states and there really does seem that -- i used to work for robert and he used to say that a reporter is someone that would sell his soul for a good story but it turns out that when it might make barack obama look bad or his presidency look like a familiar, reporters suddenly lose a lot of intellectual curiosity. and often when you have a news media and e
>> you have a great number of things, stories about the economy, stories of the foreign policy, etc.. what prompted me to write this though is the benghazi attack. it became clear that the political news media rather than focusing on a story of foreign policy failure and a president that promised the muslim world and was failing to produce eight it significantly destroyed al qaeda yet we see the terrorists acting up again. instead of that story will talk about the net from the gap and...
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in june of 63, kennedy gives his famous american university speech, his most important foreign-policy speech. and what does he say? essentially, i don't like the russians come you don't like the russians, but were going to get loan up if we don't deal with the russians seriously. we have to do it in a sequential way, pushing for a disarmament position, have them push, so forth. some of the words and sentence are in the american university speech. i could go on and on, but it's amazing how much political action you see. he's got other lives as an Émigre from the holocaust, of course you expect him to focus on it and it led to the escape from freedom book and make 1041. but he comes that has during experience fairly typical, having the struggle to barely get his mother out and others in the family. she came across if there's one single great documents in the study that the family newsletter put out from berlin. she would move. it was her city, not have letters. she got a newsletter out that somehow caught through censorship and it's a magnificent document. every member of the family sc
in june of 63, kennedy gives his famous american university speech, his most important foreign-policy speech. and what does he say? essentially, i don't like the russians come you don't like the russians, but were going to get loan up if we don't deal with the russians seriously. we have to do it in a sequential way, pushing for a disarmament position, have them push, so forth. some of the words and sentence are in the american university speech. i could go on and on, but it's amazing how much...
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. >> cyber sabotage hacking alarms foreign policy experts. they fear that international rules of conduct forged over two centuries can be undermined by cyber technology. here's a quote from a preeminent foreign policy expert and former u.s. national security advisor. "leaders can now use long- distance air drones for lethal strikes across national borders. computer viruses can disrupt the military-industrial assets of rivals. a rogue but technologically sophisticated state can now gain the capacity to launch a nonlethal but paralyzing cyber attack on the socioeconomic system and most important state country. the world community is witnessing an increasing reliance by state on covert acts of violence without withou declarations of war." mort, how important is that? >> i think it's critical to our national security. people are not fully aware how much risk there. you could break down any kind of air travel, train travel, a huge portion of our economy would come to a screeching halt. >> wall street? >> wall street for sure. all of our electric u
. >> cyber sabotage hacking alarms foreign policy experts. they fear that international rules of conduct forged over two centuries can be undermined by cyber technology. here's a quote from a preeminent foreign policy expert and former u.s. national security advisor. "leaders can now use long- distance air drones for lethal strikes across national borders. computer viruses can disrupt the military-industrial assets of rivals. a rogue but technologically sophisticated state can now...
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there's a, you know, variety of what foreign policy should be in tehran. but my argument is that u.s. policy is effectively containing iran's ambitions even if it develops nuclear weapons. the policy of sanctions has undoubtly lead to a declining economy as barbara said. it is in danger -- effecting iranian's good will toward the united states. but it's also having some practical effect in term of u.s. objective. as iran's economy gets weaker, it impacts tehran's ability to project power in the region. tehran will have less money to fund terrorist groups like hezbollah and ha mas and maintain the influence in the wake of the arab spring. it's really the arab spring the region nam dynamic within the middle east that are containing iran's ambition along with u.s. policy. let's look at what is going on primarily in syria. it's the gate way of influence to the arab world. iran is a persian majority country. that's faced difficulties in expanding and enforcing the influence of the region. if bashar al-assad falls it will severely iran's impact to project power.
there's a, you know, variety of what foreign policy should be in tehran. but my argument is that u.s. policy is effectively containing iran's ambitions even if it develops nuclear weapons. the policy of sanctions has undoubtly lead to a declining economy as barbara said. it is in danger -- effecting iranian's good will toward the united states. but it's also having some practical effect in term of u.s. objective. as iran's economy gets weaker, it impacts tehran's ability to project power in the...
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i do believe that richard nixon had a lot to offer the president on foreign policy. one of the things that i have to say is he believed in the big-play. we call it a hail mary pass. china was the huge risk. so he had a lot to offer. but i do believe, i know this for a fact that it was difficult for the tapes to be available. richard nixon, by the way, he was totally in his right to assume that the tapes belonged to him. because every president until richard nixon on their papers. they didn't know that there were kennedy tapes until the nixon tapes were released and the kennedy family then told them that, you know that scene in the warehouse? well, the national archives didn't even know. president kennedy, president johnson, they assumed that the tapes that they were making would belong to them. well, when he cut a deal to try to get back the tapes, congress intervened and passed a special law. the nixon library is the only one covered by one law. that law stipulated that members of the public have the right to get an information. president nixon then sued. and it was
i do believe that richard nixon had a lot to offer the president on foreign policy. one of the things that i have to say is he believed in the big-play. we call it a hail mary pass. china was the huge risk. so he had a lot to offer. but i do believe, i know this for a fact that it was difficult for the tapes to be available. richard nixon, by the way, he was totally in his right to assume that the tapes belonged to him. because every president until richard nixon on their papers. they didn't...
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it was the same old same old he was in charge of foreign policy but then comes an 11 the president had to come up with the explanation why did a group of men including nine saudis come here to kill thousands of americans? he received an immediate answer from the department of state. they hate us because we are so supportive of israel this is the answer i believe you could have gotten from the state department any decade of 1948. [laughter] the president did not buy it because he's understood we had plenty of intermit -- information that they were better about the israeli government so he looked around and ultimately this led him to the freedom agenda that the problem with the repressive nature that societies came with the doom about the israeli-palestinian conflict? it took the president until 2002 to develop his answer that was to states and to people but only when it is a stable stable, peaceful, democratic , but uncorrupted government of course, that made arafat has to go. if i say to you now that sounds i get a big deal. it was a very big deal arafat was the single foreign leader w
it was the same old same old he was in charge of foreign policy but then comes an 11 the president had to come up with the explanation why did a group of men including nine saudis come here to kill thousands of americans? he received an immediate answer from the department of state. they hate us because we are so supportive of israel this is the answer i believe you could have gotten from the state department any decade of 1948. [laughter] the president did not buy it because he's understood we...
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north korean with a foreign policy writer. then, former defense undersecretary and the former ambassador to south korea. unites military remains an essential tool of american power. what must be used for security hallenges today. >> secretary chuck hagel yesterday while most of this morning's "washington journal" will be devoted to looking at north korea. we want to start off a little more broadly and get your views on the role of the u.s. military worldwide. here is the "new york times" article reporting on defense cretary hagel's speech yesterday. budget con strants forcing an overhaul in military operations, hagel says. facing inevitable steep cuts in military spending even as globalt threats remain high. said wednesday that he is being forced to consider fundamental changes in how the pentagon defends american interests and conducts its daily business. in his first major address as secretary -- addressing an audience, mr. hagel offered no specific cancellations, trims or shifts in pentagon spending accounts, >> host: again
north korean with a foreign policy writer. then, former defense undersecretary and the former ambassador to south korea. unites military remains an essential tool of american power. what must be used for security hallenges today. >> secretary chuck hagel yesterday while most of this morning's "washington journal" will be devoted to looking at north korea. we want to start off a little more broadly and get your views on the role of the u.s. military worldwide. here is the...
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in fact, it's not the point of foreign policy. the point is to achieve america's national interests. >> shannon: we are having that discussion because of you. we ask you to vote in the lightning poll and the image of leadership won with 50% of the vote. so let's talk about it with our panel. back for more. charles, i'll start with you, how is the u.s. perceived abroad and should we care? >> no, we shouldn't. the reason is randy newman had a song, they all hated us anyhow so let's drop the big one now. that is exaggerated but ever since we became a great power, of course, everybody hates us because we are the big guy on the block but can they respect us and protect our interests. so liberals were agog what the numbers were when bush was in office and obama was going to make everybody love the united states, his numbers plummeted because when you have to defend american interests people l won't like it but we don't care. >> shannon: what do you think about that or trying to do both? >> president obama has high favorite built ratings
in fact, it's not the point of foreign policy. the point is to achieve america's national interests. >> shannon: we are having that discussion because of you. we ask you to vote in the lightning poll and the image of leadership won with 50% of the vote. so let's talk about it with our panel. back for more. charles, i'll start with you, how is the u.s. perceived abroad and should we care? >> no, we shouldn't. the reason is randy newman had a song, they all hated us anyhow so let's...
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i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to achieve the policy aim, irrational strategy would say and come out front and be honest about it that if we're going to apply our nation building to keep al qaeda at bay in afghanistan, then it is going to take a long time and it is not going to take 18 months or eight years or 18 years. we're talking about a multi generally shingle effort. then my point in my talk all along is if we're doing strategy right, the way i explained, especially with regard to afghanistan, we have this limited corps policy aim which is the destruction of al qaeda, which was pretty much accomplished by early 2002. why did we ne
i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to...
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middle and you sit down with a bunch of farmers and they can talk foreign policy literally. they know more about what is going on because they know the folks that want to settle over there and that is what you all are about. i especially want to start by thanking fred. he has done incredibly important work and we owe him a great deal. fred, we owe you a great deal of help for what you have done to boost american exports. but every single job that you have ever taken, you have done extremely well. and i want you to know and i mean this seriously and personally and on behalf of the president we appreciate your dedication more than you know. and so it is an honor also to be with the rest of you this afternoon to have a chance to speak with so many people on the front lines of our economic renewal. i a understand probably better than almost anyone can you understand almost better than anyone the sheer potential that this global economy of words to the united states of america can you are well aware of the challenges as well to get this is a familiar story. in the post war, post
middle and you sit down with a bunch of farmers and they can talk foreign policy literally. they know more about what is going on because they know the folks that want to settle over there and that is what you all are about. i especially want to start by thanking fred. he has done incredibly important work and we owe him a great deal. fred, we owe you a great deal of help for what you have done to boost american exports. but every single job that you have ever taken, you have done extremely...
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foreign policy success. for years, this has been something that our country has focused on. probably not in the way that we should. we now have a country that has those weapons. whether they can deliver it or not. obviously we don't think that they can actually deliver a weapon to the u.s. at this point in time. but the fact is that this destabilizes the region. it causes our allies to be concerned. we need to focus on this in a very, very different way. again, a country that has tremendous economic issues. this is the way they hold on to power is through these threats. and having outside enemies that they focus on in this way and we've got to figure out a way to have a better foreign policy approach to north korea and get them denuclearized. otherwise this is just going to continue as they increase their ability to deliver weapons of mass destruction. >> senator bob corker, thank you very much. thanks for joining us today from tennessee. >> thank you. >>> and next we will be live from south africa with the very latest on nelson mandala. >>> still ahead, is hillary clinton s
foreign policy success. for years, this has been something that our country has focused on. probably not in the way that we should. we now have a country that has those weapons. whether they can deliver it or not. obviously we don't think that they can actually deliver a weapon to the u.s. at this point in time. but the fact is that this destabilizes the region. it causes our allies to be concerned. we need to focus on this in a very, very different way. again, a country that has tremendous...
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so this would present a severe crisis for the islamic republic's foreign policy. and hezbollah right now is feeling a lot of pressure because of support of the syrian regime, losing a lot of credibility on the arab streets, if you will. the arab spring is also funded militia in the islamic republic's foreign policy narrative. for years, saying it supports the average man and woman on the street in the face of what it termed to be u.s. and israeli imperialism. support for autocratic arab regimes. by those regimes are falling apart. so what is the islamic republic resisting exactly in the region? mubarak is gone. so broadly the arab spring is weakening iran's position towards the arab spring in general. and also iran's own behavior, that has led to a decline in its reputation in the middle east. in 2009, the iranian regime reacted very violently toward demonstrations that occurred after the presidential election, and this damaged iran's credibility or had a lot of people in the region tell me that they view the iran regime as a very different manner after 2000. and
so this would present a severe crisis for the islamic republic's foreign policy. and hezbollah right now is feeling a lot of pressure because of support of the syrian regime, losing a lot of credibility on the arab streets, if you will. the arab spring is also funded militia in the islamic republic's foreign policy narrative. for years, saying it supports the average man and woman on the street in the face of what it termed to be u.s. and israeli imperialism. support for autocratic arab...
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one foreign policy expert outside the white house said the problem is, his father knew where the line was, but it's not clear that kim jong-un does. the problem with all of this is that kim could lead to a miscalculation, which could ultimately provoke south korea to respond. white house officials watching this very closely tonight. lester? >> kristen welker at the white house. thanks. >>> it's being called one of the worst public school cheating scandals in memory. for years teachers allegedly altered answers on standardized tests to improve results in atlanta. now dozens of educators have been indicted, including a former superintendent. nbc's gabe gutierrez has more tonight. >> reporter: it's one of the largest cheating scandals ever in public education. former atlanta superintendent beverly hall and 34 other educators indicted friday on racketeering charges. investigators say they conspired to erase wrong answers on standardized tests, often for money. >> dr. hall had a contract that was set up to pay her bonuses when she achieved certain results. those results were caused by chea
one foreign policy expert outside the white house said the problem is, his father knew where the line was, but it's not clear that kim jong-un does. the problem with all of this is that kim could lead to a miscalculation, which could ultimately provoke south korea to respond. white house officials watching this very closely tonight. lester? >> kristen welker at the white house. thanks. >>> it's being called one of the worst public school cheating scandals in memory. for years...
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and its foreign policy there is still there are a whole orient. nation is towards integration into the world economy and the world economy is dominated by the western powers by the united states in particular the same goes with india of course they want to have some sort of buffer so that they too are not simply dictated to by the united states and the western powers they for the most part represent the plundered as opposed to the plundering part of the planet those who are basically colonized that was true with china and india and brazil south africa in the case of russia it had its sort of left the imperial world and joined the other world after nine hundred seventeen they want to have an alternative then they want to have a buffer but again i think the big problem will be as they integrate into the world economy the u.s. has certain rules that it demands and and certain political concessions and you can see by the way they handled the syria appeal that they were they were very modest unmodulated in their response in the soviet era the the sovie
and its foreign policy there is still there are a whole orient. nation is towards integration into the world economy and the world economy is dominated by the western powers by the united states in particular the same goes with india of course they want to have some sort of buffer so that they too are not simply dictated to by the united states and the western powers they for the most part represent the plundered as opposed to the plundering part of the planet those who are basically colonized...
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i think a much more less ambitious foreign policy and a foreign policy that's premised on the notion of of limits to what american military power can accomplish. i think that is the answer. so i don't think at least over these last ten years of war that the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like they were with regard to vietnam. your other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you're right. i mean, a rational strategy that sought to use armed nation building or counterinsurgency to achieve -- if that's -- to achieve a policy aim, then a rational strategy would say and come out front and be honest about it that if we're going to apply armed nation building to keep al-qaeda at bay in afghanistan, then it is going to take a long time. and it's not going to take 18 months or eight years or 18 years. we're talking about a multigenerational effort. but my point in my talk all along was if we're doing strategy right, the way i explained it, and especially with regard to afghanistan, we have this very, very limited core policy aim which was the d
i think a much more less ambitious foreign policy and a foreign policy that's premised on the notion of of limits to what american military power can accomplish. i think that is the answer. so i don't think at least over these last ten years of war that the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like they were with regard to vietnam. your other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you're right. i mean, a rational strategy that sought to use armed nation...
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has written eloquently on foreign policy and religious freedom. time for one more question here. perhaps in the front row, we have a hand without a microphone. microphone approaching. we only have a moment left. [inaudible] i was the president of the freedom coalition. i do a lot of other things -- [inaudible] i want to mention something about the state department. a little history -- we have an infiltration of islammic -- i'm concerned about that. that needs to be stated [inaudible] she has a strong link to the muslim brotherhood. something broke yesterday within john kerry son-in-law it department come out in the vetting process. his son-in-law is an iranian-american with close relative in iran. that's a break down of the betting process. and so i'll ask if you're concerned about this. i would have to know more about the iranian. most iranian americans are strong opponent of the iranian regime. so i don't know about this person. this could be a problem too inerm of pressure and blackmail. i could be concerned about that. i would say on the state
has written eloquently on foreign policy and religious freedom. time for one more question here. perhaps in the front row, we have a hand without a microphone. microphone approaching. we only have a moment left. [inaudible] i was the president of the freedom coalition. i do a lot of other things -- [inaudible] i want to mention something about the state department. a little history -- we have an infiltration of islammic -- i'm concerned about that. that needs to be stated [inaudible] she has a...
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the top european union foreign policy negotiator met with iran 's a top negotiator and there was a bit of an awkward moment because they never shake hands. it is protocol. is cautiously optimistic. but nobody here is really expecting any miracles. there was some surprise we were even having these talks at this particular point in time. we've got elections coming up in a few months, and the feeling was they might not be able to do much negotiating until the elections were over. back in february, which was a couple of months ago, we had high-level talks here. the world powers had given a theysal to the iranians, wanted the iranians still to halt enrichment of uranium to 20% levels but there was a little bit of wiggle room. they had been offered the chance to be able to keep a little for medical purposes. and they not being asked to completely shut down the underground facility where a lot of the enrichment is believed to be taken place -- taking place. it would be over a six-month. of time -- period of time. they are awaiting the iranians official response. >> north korea reportedly move
the top european union foreign policy negotiator met with iran 's a top negotiator and there was a bit of an awkward moment because they never shake hands. it is protocol. is cautiously optimistic. but nobody here is really expecting any miracles. there was some surprise we were even having these talks at this particular point in time. we've got elections coming up in a few months, and the feeling was they might not be able to do much negotiating until the elections were over. back in february,...
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the north koreaians have this foreign policy, basically foreign policy of brinkmanship and blackmail. that's what they're doing here. they're pushing us to the edge hoping to get concessions from south korea, united states and even china to turn down the temperature. we've seen this many, many times. i'm not telling you not to take these threats seriously. it is a very serious situation on the korean peninsula. north korea will have to do something because if you continue to make these threats and fulfill none of them, the threats lose their leverage. so we have to be very concerned. bill: will we or others concede to what they want? >> it's very possible. it's very possible that they will. i don't believe the obama administration should but it's very possible that they could come to some sort of an agreement. maybe they come back to the nuclear negotiating table and they get some sort of food aid or something. maybe they get it from china. but the problem is that you're rewarding bad behavior. that is a moral hazard. bill: you have a new leader and a young leader who is still trying
the north koreaians have this foreign policy, basically foreign policy of brinkmanship and blackmail. that's what they're doing here. they're pushing us to the edge hoping to get concessions from south korea, united states and even china to turn down the temperature. we've seen this many, many times. i'm not telling you not to take these threats seriously. it is a very serious situation on the korean peninsula. north korea will have to do something because if you continue to make these threats...
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foreign policy. having said that, although the dcc countries are valued, u.s. allies, keep in mind they are the most authoritarian governments in the middle east, so when we look at the iranian nuclear threat, i think there's a series of tradeoffs. if we sanction iran, we hurt the iranian people. if we rely on the states in saudi arabia to detour and contain iran, we could hinder democracy in the region. when we talk about u.s. grand strategy, i just want to say that it's really come up -- it's it's hard to come up with a grand strategy. you know, we've criticized the united states for having tactics instead of strategy, but begin the vast amounts of interest an allied interest at stake, this is difficult for a grand strategy on top of the issues, the sunni-shia rivalry in the middle east is one of them. >> i mean, one of the reasons i fundamentally disagree with the argument that the consequences of a nuclear iran are overdrawn is just the point that you're making. i mean, we already have diminished influence in significant parts of the ish middle east as a re
foreign policy. having said that, although the dcc countries are valued, u.s. allies, keep in mind they are the most authoritarian governments in the middle east, so when we look at the iranian nuclear threat, i think there's a series of tradeoffs. if we sanction iran, we hurt the iranian people. if we rely on the states in saudi arabia to detour and contain iran, we could hinder democracy in the region. when we talk about u.s. grand strategy, i just want to say that it's really come up -- it's...
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s foreign diplomats and x. politicians and even politicians that are active sitting on these boards i mean this in-tray this of d.c. all come together they call it a trifecta and you have him jim de mint now having the heritage foundation i mean what is the problem with these think tanks or do you think there is a problem with them will so first of all jim de mint doesn't have to register as a lobbyist because he's essentially one step removed from the process they are able to get all of this funding from essentially whoever they want and then they get to write research and stuff like that all the sea bright and they should actually and all of those things often get totally cribbed by whoever the congressman is who's supposed to be listening to them so you know the heritage foundation is considered conservative absolutely they're going to politicians with let's and that thank you so much richard there is coming on very very important subject created. by now you've probably heard of exxon mobil's massive oil spi
s foreign diplomats and x. politicians and even politicians that are active sitting on these boards i mean this in-tray this of d.c. all come together they call it a trifecta and you have him jim de mint now having the heritage foundation i mean what is the problem with these think tanks or do you think there is a problem with them will so first of all jim de mint doesn't have to register as a lobbyist because he's essentially one step removed from the process they are able to get all of this...
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foreign policy arms sales and why he things the occupy wall street movement was a turning point for the u.s. . dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have healthy guinea pigs in the regular society and i label be used prisoners i mean more they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to deadly pills he didn't pass away he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him die. is pharmacy really about helping people. please. hold it. hold it. i live. good speech. she gave. her. and i. wish i. could bomb it good. luck. and a. lot of a little. please join thousands of gadget gurus plug into the mobile world congress in barcelona where research and handset makers try to get their groove back. and software super chargers hope to spin preview success forward turns up the heat on google and despite a new twist on infotainment it's not just fun and games often overlooked video engine spring ball is streaming conferences to the palm of your hands and there's a new player in town looking to show that too is in fact better than one flimsy a day to. leave the
foreign policy arms sales and why he things the occupy wall street movement was a turning point for the u.s. . dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have healthy guinea pigs in the regular society and i label be used prisoners i mean more they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to deadly pills he didn't pass away he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him die. is pharmacy really about helping people. please. hold it. hold it. i live. good...
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foreign policy arms sales and why he thinks the occupy wall street movement was a turning point for the u.s. . i'm in sochi the only city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter olympics. thank you. so much. thank you. days it. can. be so it's so true. dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have to use healthy guinea pigs in the regular society they're not able to use prisoners anymore they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to pop the deadly pills you can cast away he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him down. is pharmacy really about helping people. the news about international and war in the very heart of moscow. the. i'm joined by mr salim jamali former chief of the iraqi intelligence services american office he's an extraordinary man who played a key role in providing the iraqi government with intelligence right before the invasion mr solomon you destroyed all documents after the war was over you burned them at a safe house in baghdad but i'm sure there is still a lot of information that you committed to memory l
foreign policy arms sales and why he thinks the occupy wall street movement was a turning point for the u.s. . i'm in sochi the only city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter olympics. thank you. so much. thank you. days it. can. be so it's so true. dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have to use healthy guinea pigs in the regular society they're not able to use prisoners anymore they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to pop...
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policy in focus here now. north korea basically is trying to get the united states back to the negotiating table and its missile range is frankly not reliable nor long enough to make it to the u.s. positions if these were two rational actors i would say they would have already made that decision to back down and unfortunately in a situation like this it's really not rationality which governs the actions of players there were sponsoring to sometimes unconscious cues sometimes to non-rational factors but you know north korea is not a suicidal regime and of course the united states is not particularly interested in any kind of conflict at this point especially with cuts going through and military sector well north korea unfortunately has been alienated from its allies for some time china has never been enthusiastic about north korea's nuclear program nor is it been enthusiastic about north korea's decision not to follow chinese economic reform so the alienation is set in. the real question is at what point does c
policy in focus here now. north korea basically is trying to get the united states back to the negotiating table and its missile range is frankly not reliable nor long enough to make it to the u.s. positions if these were two rational actors i would say they would have already made that decision to back down and unfortunately in a situation like this it's really not rationality which governs the actions of players there were sponsoring to sometimes unconscious cues sometimes to non-rational...
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gwen: that sound you hear, hissing sound on jobs, immigration, politics and foreign policy. we explain it all tonight on "washington week." a rocky new jobs report. why have so many americans stopped looking for work? escalating tensions on the korean peninsula. >> it only takes being wrong once and i don't want to be the secretary of defense who was wrong once. so we will continue to take these threats seriously. gwen: will threats lead to military action? closing in on compromise on immigration reform. >> i am very, very optimistic that we will have an agreement among the eight of us next week. gwen: is congress ready to act? and hillary clinton emerges. >> when women participate this the politics of their nation, they can make a difference. gwen: sending political oz makers into overdrive. covering the week david wessel of "the wall street journal." david sanger of the new york times. fawn johnson of "national journal." and amy walter of "the cook political." >> award-winning coverage and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, this is "w
gwen: that sound you hear, hissing sound on jobs, immigration, politics and foreign policy. we explain it all tonight on "washington week." a rocky new jobs report. why have so many americans stopped looking for work? escalating tensions on the korean peninsula. >> it only takes being wrong once and i don't want to be the secretary of defense who was wrong once. so we will continue to take these threats seriously. gwen: will threats lead to military action? closing in on...
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and so and team shark has written extensively about he was foreign policy and east asian politics and believes both sides should know they are playing a dangerous game when you escalate to this point any small mistake can turn into a major catastrophe and that's the danger north korea itself knows that if it didn't attack a bit in attack the united states it would be committing national suicide united states would would retaliate in a tremendous fashion worth korea does not want to commit suicide i believe north korea is doing all this so it can get to a point to actually negotiate some kind of peace agreement with the united states but the north korean threats are very dangerous and sound very sinister and i think they look up and they see these b two b. fifty two supplying this is a reminder of the tremendous power firepower the united states inflicted on north korea during the korean war and that's a reminder to the north koreans of the absolute danger of war with the united states but also gives their state kim jong un and his very very monolithic authoritarian state another way t
and so and team shark has written extensively about he was foreign policy and east asian politics and believes both sides should know they are playing a dangerous game when you escalate to this point any small mistake can turn into a major catastrophe and that's the danger north korea itself knows that if it didn't attack a bit in attack the united states it would be committing national suicide united states would would retaliate in a tremendous fashion worth korea does not want to commit...
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policy with a campaign who really knows how to get tough. when their own country can't offer them a living even loving mothers sometimes have to leave their children behind. i don't like to wonder just. the dream of millions of migrants the children might choose their own motherland. i want my children to win over moscow. russia has become this step motherland. migrants working hard to find a way home. thank . dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have to use healthy guinea pigs in the regular society and now they will be used prisoners any more they wish they could. drug tests on human guinea pigs. paid to pop the deadly pails you can cast away he was killed. he didn't pass away they let him down. his pharmacy really about helping people. of america international and war in the very heart of moscow. thank you so much jeffrey joining us here on r.t. you're welcome thank you for having me we now speak almost exactly on the tenth anniversary off u.s. invasion to iraq i know you were arrested for vandalism not to u
policy with a campaign who really knows how to get tough. when their own country can't offer them a living even loving mothers sometimes have to leave their children behind. i don't like to wonder just. the dream of millions of migrants the children might choose their own motherland. i want my children to win over moscow. russia has become this step motherland. migrants working hard to find a way home. thank . dangerous experiments on prisoners they want to make money and they have to use...
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policy with a campaigner who really knows how to get tough. when their own country can't offer them a living even loving mothers sometimes have to leave their children behind. i don't like to wonder just a bit longer. if the dream of millions of migrants that their children might choose their own mother land. i was. stunned. is. i want my children to win over moscow. russia has become this step motherland teammate's migrants working hard to find a way home. hold it. hold it. till i. tell. the speech. her. which. will be the missile good. will. come out of it in the pm or and come out. the end. of america international and world in the very heart of moscow. thank you so much jeffrey joining us here on r.t. you're welcome thank you for having me we now speak almost exactly on the tenth anniversary of us invasion to iraq i know you were arrested for vandalism not to use for a painted the attic a symbol on one of the governmental buildings protesting against the war and economic inequality as you then said so do you think these two u.s. is main pr
policy with a campaigner who really knows how to get tough. when their own country can't offer them a living even loving mothers sometimes have to leave their children behind. i don't like to wonder just a bit longer. if the dream of millions of migrants that their children might choose their own mother land. i was. stunned. is. i want my children to win over moscow. russia has become this step motherland teammate's migrants working hard to find a way home. hold it. hold it. till i. tell. the...
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policy in focus told us china has a poor record at fighting the disease and that's not likely to change this time around . over the years china has dismantled its public health clinics tickets rule public health clinics and when the sars virus struck in two thousand and three the chinese would save tens of millions of dollars by closing these quick clinics and they end up having to spend billions of dollars in order to control the sars liars i think the effect on the economy will be if this is a virus that breaks out or some other virus breaks out in the future i don't think that the chinese public health system is capable of dealing with it i don't think the american public health system is capable of dealing with it either there are very few public health system in the world that could deal with a serious pandemic stay with ausiello bank with more international news and just a few moments. wealthy british style sun. sometimes. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines
policy in focus told us china has a poor record at fighting the disease and that's not likely to change this time around . over the years china has dismantled its public health clinics tickets rule public health clinics and when the sars virus struck in two thousand and three the chinese would save tens of millions of dollars by closing these quick clinics and they end up having to spend billions of dollars in order to control the sars liars i think the effect on the economy will be if this is...